(I) Love to Play

No, I do not believe it yet. January 30th. End of January.

And the end of the '30 in 30' challenge. A wonderful, exciting, demanding, rewarding and fun painting journey, organized by Leslie Saeta.
And I did it, I painted 30 paintings in 30 days!

This last painting I did tonight is a Lego one. I did love all three subjects I chose - Daisy, Toy Cars and Lego blocks - but Lego is definitely something I will continue to explore in the future, so: more Lego paintings ahead.
Because they are fun. And you can build anything you like with it. Anything you love...

"Love to Play"

Oil on panel, 6" by 6"
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So... what will I post tomorrow? - a review on the great '30 in 30' experience, both the actuall paintings and my thoughts and highlights on it! Stay tuned!

This is painting Nr 30 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook or subscribe to my blog!

Green and the Gang

Time off for Green, and he's hanging out with his friends. Doesn't he seem awfully grown up to you, too?
Or then it's just the slightly bigger painting - 6" by 6" instead of the 5" by 5" I used for the other January paintings... 

"Green and the Gang"

Oil on panel, 6" by 6"
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This is painting Nr 28 in the "30 in 30" challenge - I can't believe that January (and the challenge) is almost throug...!

The paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook or sign up to follow my blog!

Cliffhanger

Green is definitely getting more courageous - he's even keeping his nerves in this cliffhanger situation!

Scroll down to see some 'work in progress' shots - I had to use the alarm on my phone to remind me to take pictures. And it was really funny to have the phone quack at me every 10 minutes!

"Cliffhanger"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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And here are the 'work in progress' shots:

This is painting Nr 25 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook or sign up to follow my blog!

Balancing Lines

It's all about balance, isn't it?
Green is walking a thin line here, but so far he's doing ok.
Balancing. Concentrating on reaching his goal, not worrying about the small stuff. Details - like the little 'bumps' on the top of the LEGO bricks...

The balancing is something I have gotten very familliar with this month. Trying to balance 'real life' - working full time - with the '30 in 30' challenge of painting one painting each day.
Concentrating on the goal. Although I would be ok with taking some days off from painting, I still have the ambition to paint each day and to prove to myself that I can do it.
Which leads me to not worrying about the 'small stuff'. Like doing the laundry. Or grocery shopping. Or getting enough sleep.

Still, Green and I agree: it's worth it!

"Balancing Lines"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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This is painting Nr 22 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook!

Counting Colors in the Rainbow

Well, I'd say Green has settled in and is part of the team now. Or rather - part of the rainbow!
The title for this painting comes from an old song. I remember as a kid listening to some of my mum's LP's and singles and coming across a song called 'Counting Colors in the Rainbow'. I remembered it while setting up this still life - if you want to listen to it, scroll down...

"Counting Colors in the Rainbow"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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This is painting Nr 18 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook!

And here's the soundtrack to this painting - not much of a video, but such a sweet song - and good voices!

Team Effort

Yes, Green got off to a rocky start - although in the end it was all a misunderstanding - but now he got his second chance and can show his qualities. He is reliable and definitely a team player!

"Team Effort"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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This is painting Nr 15 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook!

A different Point of View

A few days ago, Green got his first supporting role. As you might recall things did not go according to plan.... Now I'm happy to see that all of you have opted to give Green a second chance - but also I have received important information regarding what really happend. Sometimes you just need to take a different point of view!

So while we were watching Green in his supporting act, that's what he saw: his parents (Daddy Blue and Mum Chartreuse) came by to see how Green's doing. Surprise visit - so of course Green got all excited and forgot what he was supposed to do.
Totally understandable, and nobody holds a grudge anymore!

"Point of View"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"
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This is painting Nr 12 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are also posted on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art - I'd love to have you follow me on Facebook!

Out of Line

Green again.
As our little friend, the basic green LEGO brick seemed a bit apprehensive last time, the powers that be (LEGO high command) assigned a supporting role to Green. As in 'support somebody else' - this was the test run.

As you can see, Green does support - but only halfheartedly. I'm not sure if he intended to thrust himself into the spotlight or is just still really shy and wanted to get away. Whatever, Blue was not happy....

What do you think, should Green get another chance even though he stept out of line? - hmmm... let's wait and see!

"Out of Line"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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This is painting Nr 9 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are posted both here on my blog and on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art.

Playing it Safe

The basic green LEGO brick is ready to play - but it seems he is a bit anxious and is playing it safe at the moment. Let's see if he gets more adventurous during this January challenge... ;-)

"Playing it Safe!"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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This is painting Nr 6 in the "30 in 30" challenge, the paintings are posted both here on my blog and on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art. Also have a look at Leslie Saeta's blog to see the wonderful art that's being produced by around 400 artists each day as part of the 30 in 30 challenge!

Basic

I guess everybody knows Lego? - I loved to play with them as a kid. Simple, but so much fun. And it all starts with this basic plastic brick. From here, you can go on to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even working robots. Best part about it: you can take them apart again, and start all over...

"Basic"

Oil on panel, 5" by 5"

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I also wanted to show you the set-up I used for this - very fancy! It's a simple cardbord box with a window cut into it and a single light source. Not perfect, but it definitely does the job.

And when working from life, it's almost mandtory for me to do a quick value sketch first - it might not look like much, but really helps getting to know the subject. In this case a straight forward subject, but realizing that the dark side of the Lego piece and the shadow have the same value (more or less) helped a lot later on...

Again, more Lego pieces are planned - I just wanted to start out with the basic brick.
This is painting Nr 3 in the "30 in 30" challenge - stay tuned for the paintings, I'll post them both here on my blog and on my Facebook Artist Page Regula Scheifele Fine Art.